Synchronization of Configurations

This page describes the synchronization of configurations between Hub and Satellites. There are five types of configurations those may be required to synchronize between IFS installations.
Those are Permission sets, Base Profiles, Quick reports, Application Configuration Packages and Database Tasks.

Contents

Prepare Configurations

  1. Navigate to Solution Manager\Data Synchronization\Synchronize Configurations dialog box
  2. Select particular configuration type that needs to synchronize. Example: If you select 'Permission Set' from the Combo Box - Configuration Type. Then it populates all the permission sets which are eligible for synchronizing. If a permission set is granted to at least one user, that permission set is eligible for synchronizing.
  3. 'Select All' check box can be ticked to select all the populated configuration objects for particular configuration type needed to synchronize.
  4. If you need to synchronize selected configuration objects, then you can tick them as below.
  5. Sometimes, there can be situations where particular configuration object which is existing in a satellite should be replaced from the same named configuration object in the Hub. Then an administrator or an authorized person in the hub can tick replace check box after selecting the relevant configuration objects.

    Note: The value of this check box is considered from the satellite when only functional parameter called 'AUTO IMPORT MODE' is set to 'ON'.

  6. Click OK to synchronize

Sending Configurations

After selecting configuration objects for synchronizing, data synchronization framework exports each selected configuration object from the IFS application. Then, it creates an application message per each exported configuration object for each site. These application messages are queued in the REPl_OUT_LOB_SITE in the Hub.

Status of the sent configurations is logged as below in the 'Configuration Status' table window.

Navigate to Solution Manager\Data Synchronization\Configurations Status table window.
When configurations are sent but, yet to connect, state is changed as 'Sent, yet to Connect' in the Hub and sent time is logged.

Receiving Configurations

When application messages relevant to configuration objects are received to REPL_IN_LOB queue in the satellite, then status are updated as 'Received to Satellite' and received time is logged in the 'Configuration Status' window.

Note: This Updated information is synchronized to hub from satellites and then administrators in Hub can track the current status of received configurations of each satellites

Auto import mode

New functional parameter called 'AUTO IMPORT MODE' is introduced and according to the value of this property importing mechanism is changed. The accepted values for this parameter is 'ON' and 'OFF'.

AUTO IMPORT MODE = 'OFF'

AUTO IMPORT MODE = 'ON'

Import Configuration Results


Note: When sending Application Configuration Packages to satellites, if it includes quick reports, particular quick reports should be granted to IFS_CONNECT user in HUB